Cook County Business
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Briefs: Monarch Landing bonds approvedNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- The Illinois Finance Authority gave final approval Tuesday to up to $685 million of tax-exempt debt and initial approval to up to $505 million of bonds. No...
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Briefs: AdvanSoft buys financial softwareNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS -- Software firm AdvanSoft International Inc. said Tuesday it entered into a licensing agreement with the University of Kansas for online technology th...
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Briefs: FDA approves Abbott HIV drugNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP -- Abbott Laboratories announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a new lower-strength tablet formulation of its lea...
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McDonald's names Bensen as CFONov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - McDonald's named a new chief financial officer Tuesday, while announcing plans to further franchise up to 1,500 more company-owned stores in some parts of the world. Pet...
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Wrong turn reveals right location for Insty-PrintsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - When Brian Walsh and his father Pat took a wrong exit off the highway, they turned around at a defunct gas station. Later they seized on the land as a low-cost location ...
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Shorter shelf life for all CEOsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It's getting lonelier at the top for black CEOs. Only four blacks will be left running Fortune 500 companies after Stan O'Neal's abrupt retirement recently f...
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Fortune Brands sells U.S. wine businessNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - FAIRPORT, N.Y. -- Constellation Brands Inc. is staking a bigger claim in the more profitable end of the U.S. wine market with a deal to add Clos du Bois to its collectio...
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Hewitt Associates reports lossesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Hewitt Associates reports losses LINCOLNSHIRE -- Hewitt Associates Inc., a provider of human resource services, Monday reported a loss of $265.6 million, or $2.51 per sh...
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New studio combines dance, fitness and the theater artsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In opening a dance studio, Susan Ross wanted someplace with a downtown, artsy look instead of a sterile strip mall location. Earlier this fall, Ross opened Midwest Dance...
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United workers picketNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - About 20 United Airline pilots and flight attendants staged another picket Monday, this time in front of Motorola's headquarters in Schaumburg. Motorola is one of United...